Bronze Decoration, United States, 1865–1865. 1922.184.1

Typological Description

• Object Type: Decoration
• Date: 1865

• Date on Object

  • Date: 1865
• Manufacture: Composite
• Material: Bronze
• Shape: Star

• Authority

  • Artist: Schussel, Christian
  • Issuer: United States Congress
  • Maker: United States Mint

• Geographic

  • Place of Production: United States
  • Place of Cataloging Relevance: United States

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1922.184.1
• Lot: 1922.184
• Department: Medals and Decorations
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Thorn, Walter

Description

American Civil War U.S. Army Medal of Honor, type 2; authorized in 1865. This specimen was awarded in 1898 to Captain Thorn of 116th USCT for action in the Civil War: at Dutch Gap Canal, VA in January of 1865, Thorn returned to and climbed up a waterfront retaining wall that had been mined for demolition, after the fuse was lit, to warn a picket guard who had not been recalled from the danger area, thereby saving his live at the risk to his own.

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States